Kristallnacht

Maryland man pleads guilty for mailing violent antisemitic threats to 25 Jewish sites

Some of the letters, which were sent between March 2024 and June 2025, threatened arson or explosive attacks on the sites.

A police car is parked behind a yellow tape near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 22, 2025. (illustrative)
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 25, 2025.

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects request by Norway's Jonas Støre to visit Israel

Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Chaim Herzog lambasts the Assembly after the adoption of Resolution 2279, stating that "Zionism is a form of racism," November 10, 1975.

50 years since UN resolution, the world proves anti-Zionism is actually racism - opinion

German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler doing a Nazi salute

Adolf Hitler speech blasted out during Kristallnacht ceremony in Austria


WATCH: New 3D digital reconstruction of pre-WWII Breslau Synagogue

The synagogue, designed by Edwin Oppler, was built between 1865 and 1872 and stood until the Kristallnacht pogrom in November 1938.

The New Synagogue, Breslau, in a drawing by Robert Geissler.

Brazilian politician compares police investigation raids to Kristallnacht

“Today was the day of infamy, national shame, and it will be remembered as the Brazilian Night of the Broken Glass."

The Nazi party desperately needed a massive influx of funds to pay for the German war machine... Jewish money was an obvious source of income

German synagogue destroyed on Kristallnacht uncovered by archaeologists

The excavation team is also hopeful of finding other relics such as coins and documents buried in the foundations.

Frankfurt am Main Synagogue burning during Kristallnacht

Book review: America’s abandonment of Jews during the Holocaust

When America entered the war in 1941, ships that took soldiers to Europe returned empty after FDR rejected using them to rescue Jews.

MEDOFF WRITES that FDR refused to bomb railways leading to Auschwitz (Pictured: Railways to Auschwitz, Illustrative) (Arnd Wiegman

In challenging Malmo, Muslims and Jews commemorate Kristallnacht together

"We Muslims were not there in Germany on 1938 on this devastating night, but today we are here, in one country, and we stand up against any attack on any Jew," Imam Salahuddin Barakat said.

Malmo's synagogue lit up for the 81st anniversary of the Kristallnacht on November 9, 2019.

Antisemitism reported across Europe on 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht

WJC president: The time has come for deliberate and targeted action - Europe must wake up and protect its Jewish citizens.

A man carries a wooden Star of David during a protest against antisemitism, racism and nationalism in Berlin, Germany in October

Thousands take to streets in Germany to protest neo-Nazi rally

Officials were criticized for letting the neo-Nazis march on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.

Far-right supporters of the party "Die Rechte (The Rights) carry placards of 90-year-old Ursula Haverbeck, who is imprisoned for her denial of the Holocaust during their May Day rally through the streets of Duisburg, Germany, May 1, 2019

On Kristallnacht anniversary, yellow stars appear on Scandinavian homes

In Sweden, the same stickers were found at the Bajit Jewish café near the Adat Jeshurun synagogue and also on the Great Synagogue of Stockholm.

Yellow badge Star of David

António Guterres on Kristallnacht: Chilling daily reminders of antisemitism

Ambassador Danny Danon said, “We know that it might happen again,” about the Holocaust.

secretary-general of the United Nations António Guterres commemorates the 81st anniversary of Kristallnach in 2019.

Holocaust survivor celebrates bar mitzvah on Kristallnacht anniversary

Fred Behrend had his original bar mitzvah ceremony 80 years ago in Cuba, where his family had fled from Germany before settling in the United States.

The hands of Shalom Shtamberg, a 93-year old Holocaust survivor, are seen during his bar mitzvah ceremony, a Jewish coming-of-age celebration traditionally marked by boys at the age of 13, in Haifa, Israel August 31, 2017